Police intelligence operatives have arrested an alleged local terrorist who is engaged in recruiting for the international terrorist group Daulah Islamiyah for deployment in Mindanao.
Kevin Madrinan, who is known as Ibrahim Abdullah Madrinan and Ibrahim Khalil Al-Garaba to his peers, was arrested at around 5 p.m. on Saturday in North Fairview in Quezon City a long after surveillance works.
General Camilo Pancratius Cascolan chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said Madrinan is a Balik-Islam who serves as contact person and liaison in Luzon of Daulah Islamiya members coming from Maguindanao.
He is reportedly associated with Daulah Islamiyah local contacts Esmael Abdulmalik and Salahuddin Hasan who are both based in Maguindanao, and Sulu-based terror group leader Mundi Sawadjaan.
“He assumed responsibility as Luzon liaison of Daulah Islamiyah after the arrest of Datu Omar Palte in Quezon City on January 1, 2020. Madrinan is also responsible for the recruitment of Balik-Islam converts and facilitating their travel to Mindanao for training and jihad exposure,” said Cascolan.
Madrinan reportedly has links with Yusuf Macoto of Cavite and Muhammad Paras of Bulacan who both died during the Marawi City siege in 2017.
“He is under investigation. We are monitoring him and his recruitment activities in Metro Manila. We will still be investigating him and we will extract a lot of information from him,” said Cascolan.